re: Question about The Karate Kid

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But if you watch the scene, they sort of force him off the path, and instead of just stopping or turning back onto the road, he heads downhill.

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Exactly, judging by that clip he could of easily just stopped and laid the bike down right at the beginning and learned to take his fall, instead he rolls down the hill and leaps forward and then takes a tumble even further.

What he gets for trying to take short cuts in life.